Washington state

Whitman student government denied the Whitman Republican Club affiliation in March. The Republicans, believing their views were held against them, shared their story with the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. College staff and the club’s advisor say the collision is an example of students learning how to engage with each other across ideological differences.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, is making people aware of the dangers of hunting, hiking, fishing and recreating in wildfire burn scars, which can have unstable soil, dead trees ready to topple and other hazards.

The Walla Walla Union-Bulletin's printing press became unsustainable from a staffing and financial standpoint, The Seattle Times Company said. The newspaper will be printed in Idaho and delivered on its regular Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday schedule.

In Washington state, climate change is expected to bring lower stream flows, warmer winter temperatures and less snowpack in lower elevations. That’s according to a presentation from the state’s climatologist.

Another harvest season for Washington’s venerated vegetable — the Walla Walla sweet onion — is at an end. Soft and juicy and fragile like a fruit, sweets are as synonymous with the Walla Walla Valley as is wine. And they’re federally protected: Only onions grown in the area can officially be sold as a Walla Walla sweet.

A nonprofit's food bank that distributes food to 13 pantries in five counties is seeing an uptick in pantry visitors while receiving far less food to give out.

A statue to honor the Native American treaty rights leader Billy Frank Jr. is being poured at a Seattle foundry.

B.J. Thurlby was known for his work with sweet cherries in the Northwest.

Washington Attorney General Nick Brown and two Democratic lawmakers are pushing new protections for immigrant workers.

Nearly 30 horses across the nation have come down with some form of equine herpesvirus. The Texas Department of Agriculture says the outbreak stems from the WPRA World Finals and Elite Barrel Race in Waco earlier this month.